The highway Mex 1 from San Quentin cuts through the fog coming up the valley from the Pacific. We got an early start and expected that we would be driving for 6 hours or more, a lot for a Gingo in Baja. From the fog Mex 1 rises quickly and then dives into a canyon to the town of El Rosario. El Rosario was made famous by a restaurant called Mama Espinoza's that was frequented by Steve McQueen, Parnelli Jones, James Garner and others as a check ...

Said our farewells to Salvador and Yolanda, not adios but hasta luego. We headed for the little town of El Rosario about 4 hours south of Ensenada. The main highway is tarred but only 2 lanes and pot holes everywhere. Every other road is dirt, but after 3 days of rain - mud. There is no curb or guttering and most shop fronts just mud puddles. This is a very underserviced area and the downturn in the economy has hit Mexico hard, not to mention the drug wars. Tourism ...